Pranay K Shome

–The writer is currently working as a Research Associate at Defence Research and Studies (dras.in) and is a columnist. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

Intervention – The Only Resort

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Secularism, a Western import essentially means the state to be irreligious or in the French sense of laicite – to be strictly irreligious. It was an invention of the Italian diplomat and philosopher Niccolo...

A Step Towards Peace

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The Romans said, “If you want peace, prepare for war.” But the Middle East seems to have found itself obsessed with this aphorism. In the region, peace is essentially a luxury - like finding...

Book Review: The Golden Road – How Ancient India Transformed the World

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History is perhaps the most contested discipline in the realm of social sciences. Every word, every letter, every feeling is contested and that too vigorously. The process of writing on history itself is even...

The Epic Disruption Called Donald Trump

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Aristotle said change is unsettling. Any change, be it temporary or long-lasting, is bound to disrupt the usual nature of how society operates, resulting in overall upheaval with adverse consequences. One of the many...

The Expanding Arc of Indian Diplomacy

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Diplomacy is a craft. It not only requires imagination but also deft handling to carve out an exquisite portrait. In this context, the portrait in question is a negotiated solution that is best in...

India-Pakistan Ties: Treading Cautiously 

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Former Prime Minister of India, the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee made an apt observation in global geopolitics, “You can change friends, but not neighbours.” The situation becomes all the more complicated when a country...

Timing of Iran’s Call for Nuke Talks Significant

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Iranian President Masoud Pezekhshian’s address at the UN General Assembly was interesting. The most significant aspect of his speech was probably the call for renewing, via diplomatic negotiations, the nuclear accord that was aimed...

Keeping the Taliban at Arm’s Length

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August 15, 2021, was a sombre moment in Afghan social history. It marked two important milestones-the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan after a two-decade long occupation of the country under the pretext of...

The Age of Expansion is Over

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his bilateral press meeting with the Sultan of Darrusalem made a crucial point. He advocated how India stands for development and not expansionism. He also called on countries to...

Rekindling Old Ties

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Poland and Ukraine was a monumental step in the foreign policy lexicon of our country. India’s foreign policy in the post-Independence period was marked by a deep...

Strengthening Ties with Europe

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Poland and Ukraine is a message that India is trying to send to the European countries that it attaches equal importance to ties with its European allies...

India – An Aspiring Global Power with a Human Touch

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The current intellectual discourse in India and the world is moving around the ideas of reshaping global politics, with the narrative promoting humanism and sustainability at the international and personal levels. Morality and ethics,...

The Troubled Backyard

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"You can choose friends, not neighbours,” said former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. This quote is proving to be quite apt at this time. There has not been any time in the history of...
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